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The grime on the CPS2 shell seems to have seeped into the plastic and cannot be wiped off no matter how hard I scrub. I watched tutorials on refurbishing yellowed air conditioner housings and whitening yellowed Nike shoe midsoles. I used the same methods to restore my CPS2 shell, and it now looks almost brand-new. Photo 1 shows the before-and-after comparison.

I don’t know what this restoration product is called in your region. It works on the same principle as the high-concentration hydrogen peroxide plus UV light method for console shell retrobrighting you can find on YouTube. Since high-strength hydrogen peroxide is unavailable locally, I mixed hair bleach cream and bleaching powder at a 1:1 ratio, applied the mixture to the shell, and left it under direct sunlight.

(The higher the volume number, the stronger the effect; the strongest I could get is 12 volume.) Stains can usually be removed within 6 hours. One tube of bleach cream plus two packs of bleaching powder cost less than 3 US dollars — enough to restore more than 30 shells.

Important note: This method only works on plastic. Always wear disposable gloves when doing the restoration.

I bought a second-hand iPad 3 for 8 US dollars, then purchased a driver board and a case from Taobao for 18 US dollars. The stand was leftover from an old iPad. I put everything together to make a mini monitor. The final result absolutely blew me away—maybe partly because the screen is so compact. The display quality is incredible. This is all running on an unmodified GBS-8200 with no extra tweaks at all. I’ve ended up putting aside my Sharp monitor and my 14-inch CRT completely.